Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-11-10
San Francisco, Cal.
Oct, 16 1887.

the face of The Great Glacier and at the foot
of the grandcst of all the peaks OF the Sci
kirks-Sr Donald-ln acute pyramid OF ma
kcd rock shooting up nearly 5000 feet above
us Il dozen Mattcrhorns in one. Far below
we see the glacicr-trl, river and all around
us every where the moun'aWs rise IN
immensely heponl all compariSon
We pass KamloopS, small supply town
in the mountains lJcrc is one of the llud''
son Bay Cos oldest buildings. We sudden
" cross the deep gorge Of the Frazier river
on massive, bridge of steel, plunge through
tunnel and enter the famous canon OF the
Frazier.
The view here changes from the grand to-
the terrible The waters Of this river force
their way for miles through passes 50 deep
and narrow that the sun hardly pcnctraics
from one years end TO another Hundreds
of feet above the river is the rail road, notch
ell into the face of the cliffs, now spanning a
seemingly frail trcstlc then disappearing ina
long tunnel, only to repeat its scrprntinr
course hour after hour. The scene is tasci-
Mating in lis terror, and while we sit IN the
platform witha tight grip on the IRON ra'I'n"
say to ourscf, this is grand, novel, nice Il"
talk about, but awtully dangerous, and sutli-
Gent for safety in one dose only.
At Yale the canon ends, and we come to
to some civilization. We see cinnamon wash
ing gold ON the Sand-hars, and Indians herd
ing cattle on the meadows. On nearly every
marked promont0ry lear the river we see the
long poles filled with salmon, undergoing a
curing process. Here and there we see the
curious gravcyarls of,hc Indians neatly en-
CLOSED and decorated with banners and
strramcrs and all manner ofcurious tokens.
Sixty miles away we see Mt, Ba'cr $4,000
feet above us. Passing through Il forest of
mammoth trees, some of them twelve feet or
morein dlame,cr,and three hundred feet high
we find onrscl! on the ,idcwatrrs of the Ia
citic at the eastern extremity of Blizzard in
let.
Following down the shores of this inlet in
at Vancouver the western terminus of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, The city isa new
and busy one. Only Il few OF lis houses
were built twelve months a~O, where tor
est then stood, \ few miles away is New
VI rotmni,ter and the smoke i'll that dlIcc
ton tells of numerous ulmon rAnncrrS and
saw mills. The steamer Yosemite carries H.
safely to Victoria, b G.
Niclori, is Il typical old English town OF
T. coo or 50, situated ON the Southeast rN-
,rcmi,v of Nancouvcrs Island. From seven
to nine a m the merchants open their places
Of business, and again at five yon may find
many of then, CLOSED for the day their pro
prir,ors gone for Il drive most likely, Our
old Maryland blue limestone is extensively
ed on The drives some of winch | warrant
cannot he eXccl'cl in the world.
Onc thing here notice reversed, Instead
of the corner dug store il is the corner
mra, market. They occupy the prominent
places. The air here must he very pure, Il
the only protection against decomposition
and burglars is Il simple iron @talr'rncr
seven or eight feet high. hrhind which ha)H'
and quarters hang, seemingly all unconrlou~
Of the festive hlow,tly.
We drove mp 10 Beacon llill, n high prom
onory overlooking the bay, from Wl'rr We
could see all the shipping nnda'so get birds
eve view of the city and surroundings,
Standing Notwithstanding any way, YOU
can see from one to three Cinnamon, some
lpisurclv walking with hands folded behind
their backs, Others carrying huge baskets ON
the end of pole, some piled hgh with old
papers and boxes and Others full OF grocer
,s.
We ecrapcd atallin~ acquaintance with
Choo Fon Lee. promincn. merchant, and
interpreter To the court. during any ll'I%a-
Zion IN whichan ofhis people may he figures,
He took three of us with him into China
town, lhoir quarter in the city, embracing
about three blocks, in which live and carry
on business. about 5000 in summer, and 5000
to 5000 in winter, the majority NOW being
out in the country, ON farms, ranches, and
vegetable gardens, or working by the
hundreds nu some railroad work. They are
busy as bees, never lOosnga moment, whcth
cr pcgging, Shoe sewing button on a Goa,
or fixing an old clock, with. some of the
funniest too's imaginable. Some Of the
stores are very handsome, and nicely kept.
Importers of opium in english on one SIGN
and some characters that could they be laid
in rope, would take from two 10 thirteen
years TO unravcl, staring 1T one always
sayng,"wc do the same duty rs your Amer
lean cigar stands only we are AN Older m
stitutfon in sense, and always expect To |,
when two or three Cinnamon are gathered
togcthcr.'
We visited the Theatre but there was no
play ON, and we can only speak Of the ap
pcarancc of the house which is little differ
cnt from a low American variety.
Our guide now took us into several place:
where they gamble. The Chinese arc inyetcr
able gamblers, but not yet 50 bad as the in
dian of whom will speak later. Their IA
vorite medium through which to tempt The
goodies of fortune, unlike the variety as uscc
by more enlightened people, is yet the same
a plain Old fashioned domino. They play
very rapidly, and quietly, until by Il lucky
stroke someone wins and then commences
such II lot ofchatter as dcatcns a bronze stat
no In a minute CNcrXthiny is unCt Anl